Dr. Heather Powell is currently a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at The Ohio State University. She joined OSU in 2008 after earning a B.S. in Paleobiology and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at the Shriners Burns Hospital where she began her work in the developing materials for cutaneous injuries and disorders. Her current research interests include hierarchical scaffolding for tissue engineering, engineered skin mechanics, mechanobiology of fibrosis, anti-scar therapy development, and materials for large segmental bone defects. She was the recipient of the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities, The Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor Award (OSU) and the Herman Weed Award for Excellence in Teaching (OSU). Her research has been funded by NSF, NIH, DoD, NIDILRR, the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, Zimmer Inc., Milliken Healthcare Products LLC, Avita Medical and the Shriners Hospitals Research Foundation.